Pali Lehohla and Nomvula Mabuza engage in deliberative polemics of a country silenced in what historian Martin Legassick characterises as the dissolution-preservation dichotomy and uncover the ...

On August 28 professor of practice at the University of Johannesburg Eldrid Jordaan launched his book The Silicon Empire vs Social Impact — The David and Goliath Battle. He invited me to be one of the ...

Once upon a time the murder case of Oscar Pistorius the blade runner presided by judge Thokoza Masipa left tongues wagging with the legal term, dolus eventualis. The results of the May 29 polls were ...

Former statistician-general of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, warned that the rising levels of inequality and lack of economic opportunity, particularly among the majority of South Africans, who are ...

At the centre of any transition is unburdening. Transitions are about moving from one energy field to another. To achieve such a significant change, atonement for the burdens of the past and ...

As the world teeters towards World War 3, with its epicentre being the Middle East, and as back home in South Africa those empowered to guide government policy through observation of statistics now ...

South Africa is an interesting country. I had the pleasure of listening to Adrian Gore, the leader of Discovery, on a BizNews podcast. He correctly talks about staying positive against adversity. And ...

Straight-talking statistician-general Pali Lehohla raises economic issues and rings social alarm bells, and his message should jolt us into action. One of the soundtracks of the New South Africa was a ...

An intense national dialogue has seized South Africa. A multitude of interpretations of our social afflictions is continuously spewed at us. In spurts that are like the intense August dust storms ...

The Batswana idiom of fifing go tshwarwanwa ka dikobo is the opportunity for a social compacting process we desire. King Moshoeshoe embraced this to eliminate cannibalism and built a nation. For the ...

For far too long accountability for performance has been handed down instead of allocated upwards. To the extent that continues to be the case, corrective action will never be undertaken. We should be ...

It was in the evening of December 23 2021, trapped in Covid-19 lockdown when the news flashed, “Key that locked up Nelson Mandela is set to sell for more £1m”. That part really turned me into a ...